On February 23, 2026, the Institute of English and Other Languages welcomed its very first batch of students enrolling into the regular MA in ELT program with an orientation ceremony, with the program was chaired by the Director of the Institute, Professor Maswood Akhter, and attended by the faculty and newly enrolled students of the institute. Though the honourable Vice-Chancellor and chief guest of the ceremony, Professor Saleh Hasan Naqib, could not be present, eight other special guests from the academic and administrative sectors, including Pro-Vice Chancellor Professor Mohammad Main Uddin (Administration), Pro-Vice Chancellor Professor Md. Farid Uddin Khan (Academic), Registrar Dr. Iftikharul Alam Masud, Treasurer Professor (Retd.) Md. Matiar Rahman, Syndicate Member Professor M. Rezaul Karim, Public Relations Administrator Professor Md. Akhtar Hossain Mazumder, Student Advisor Dr. Md. Amirul Islam, and Chairman of the Department of English Professor Md. Mominul Islam graced the occasion. The special guests delivered their valuable addresses to the attending students, and handed them welcome bundles of files and flowers. The ceremony was concluded after Dr. Natasha Afrin, Associate Profesor at the Institute, delivered her vote of thanks.

Official report by the Public Relations Office